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The insurance industry has been pushing for them for decades. It's not just about LGBQT people. As someone who has been a bouncer for over a decade, it's kind of a necessary evil if we want to have clubs/bars/venues at all (in this day and age, in this culture).
The system scans your ID and matches it with security footage from in the venue. This is effectively the only way to consistently enforce bans in a larger venue with a multi-person security team.
Arguably the only gripe one can make privacy wise is the collection/storage of gov't ID. As obviously venues have security cameras and can assign that footage to patrons as they see fit (like liquor stores do with thieves).
While I encourage people to avoid such venues, please don't hold the owners directly accountable as they may not have had a choice.
edit: Every time I get downvoted for simply stating facts lemmings don't like I'm reminded that taking y'all seriously is a waste of time.
So a polaroid picture of the banned person being posted where the IDs are being checked is too complicated then?
It's not scaleable.
Imagine trying to rely on that system in a club of >500 patrons with 15 security guards and 2 entrances?
Imagine waiting in line to get in while they check every single face against a wall of 100+ photos
Also at what point is this trouble maker going to sit nicely so I can get a recognizable photo in a dark room with smoke strobe lights?
Lets say I ban a guy mid-shift. How do I communicate that to the rest of the security team? Leave my door to show everyone the photo? Have everyone else leave their post to check the wall?
What you're saying works, it just doesn't scale.